Birch Creek 2 Fire
The Birch Creek 2 Fire burned 1,199 acres in Cassia County, Idaho, in 2000. It was discovered on July 16, 2000, and contained on July 17, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,199 acres
- Discovered
- July 16, 2000
- Contained
- July 17, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,269 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.134, -113.779.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,199 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,269 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,198 acres
- Discovered
- July 16, 2000, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 17, 2000, 11:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Cassia County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Twin Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4215011379020000716
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-94943
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Idaho in 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek Divide Complex (Clear Creek) Fire | 172,135 | Jul 10, 2000 | Natural |
| Diamond Complex (Diamond Peak) Fire | 149,772 | Jul 31, 2000 | Natural |
| Flossie Complex | 74,998 | Jul 31, 2000 | Natural |
| Coffee Point Fire | 68,952 | Jul 26, 2000 | Natural |
| Burgdorf Junction Fire | 64,631 | Jul 14, 2000 | Natural |
| Maloney Creek Fire | 64,510 | Aug 11, 2000 | Natural |
| Salmon Challis Wilderness Complex (Little Pistol) Fire | 63,760 | Aug 11, 2000 | Natural |
| Aperejo Fire | 55,279 | ||
| Coffee Point North Fire | 36,041 | Jul 26, 2000 | |
| Grass Fire | 35,613 | Aug 5, 2000 | Natural |
| Trail Creek Fire | 35,238 | Aug 15, 2000 | Natural |
| Oregon Trail Fire | 31,316 | Aug 7, 2000 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.